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Institutionalisation in professional freestyle snowboarding – Finnish professional riders’ perceptions
2014
AbstractBy employing W. Richard Scott’s neo-institutional tools this study examines how Finnish professional snowboarders perceive the possibilities of self-expression amid the changes that have taken place in the field of professional snowboarding in recent years. The results indicate that snowboarders perceive competitions and filming or photo shoots as two different subfields in which different institutional elements are emphasised. Both subfields play a strong role in marketing the sponsor and the riders appear to have adopted their role in this system well. However, the pro snowboarders express concern about the regularisation of courses, styles and formats of the competitions and the …
Parliamentary sources in the comparative study of conceptual history: methodological aspects and illustrations of a research proposal
2009
SUMMARY This article proposes that historians and political theorists should exploit parliamentary sources to move from the writing of national histories to the comparative study of the conceptual history of European political cultures. Complementing the German lexicographical approach to conceptual history, the authors argue that parliamentary debates in several European countries provide more reliable sources for the past use of the language of politics. They emphasize the possibilities for the study of political history and the rhetoric of parliamentary institutions offered by the use of parliamentary debates side by side with the study of archival sources and published literature. Rheto…
Does it take two to tango? Factors related to the ease of societal uptake of scientific knowledge
2016
Science policy increasingly focuses on maximising societal benefits from science and technology investments, but often reduces those benefits to activities involving codifying and selling knowledge, thereby idealising best practice academic behaviours around entrepreneurial superstars. This paper argues that societal value depends on knowledge being used, making knowledge's eventual exploitation partly dependent upon on whether other users-societal or scientific-can use that knowledge (i.e. on how far new knowledge is cognate with users' existing knowledge). When scientists incorporate user knowledge into their research processes, what we call 'open research behaviours', their knowledge may…
Ecosistema emprendedor de la Universidad de València
2018
Nuestro trabajo se enmarca dentro del proceso de describir, analizar y explorar el Modelo de Incubación y Transferencia de Tecnología de la Universitat de València hacia la sociedad valenciana, con el objetivo de hallar puntos de anclaje para iniciativas, incluso de mejora de los servicios y procedimientos definidos y propuestos por la propia Universidad. La Universitat de València, en su plan estratégico 2016-2019, se define como “una universidad que fomenta la investigación, tanto básica como aplicada, y el desarrollo científico y tecnológico”. En concreto, en el apartado de transferencia, su objetivo es “poner en valor los resultados de la investigación”. Para ello ha desarrollado un eco…
Do experiential events create city brand?
2016
Resumen Objetivo: Este artículo analiza hasta qué puntos los megaeventos (grandes eventos) pueden desarrollar marcas-ciudad poderosas reconocidas a nivel mundial, tema poco estudiado hasta la fecha. Metodología: Se ha utilizado el método cuantitativo. En concreto se efectuaron 398 encuestas a residentes en Aguascalientes (México), durante la celebración de un megaevento conocido como Feria Nacional de San Marcos. Resultados: Los resultados de la investigación permiten verificar que (i) respecto a los antecedentes: la actitud de los residentes hacia una marca-ciudad mejora tras las experiencias vividas en megaeventos que ocurren esa ciudad (H1) y (ii) respecto a los efectos: queda corroborad…
An Empirical Research on the Impacts of organisational decisions’ locus, tasks structure rules, knowledge, and IT function’s value on ERP system succ…
2014
This research examined the impacts of organisational decisions’ locus, tasks structure, rules and procedures, organisational actors’ information technology (IT) skills/knowledge and IT department’s or function’s value perceptions on enterprise resource planning (ERP) system success. While such antecedent factors matter in the discourse, research on their impacts on ERP success is rare. To increase understanding in the area, we proposed a research model and developed pertinent hypotheses that included the above-mentioned factors. Using a cross-sectional field survey, we collected data from 165 firms in three European countries. Data analysis was performed using the partial least squares (PLS…
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Structure, Boundaries, and Dynamics
2019
Recognizing the broader dimensions of entrepreneurial and innovation activities, holistic and inclusive networked approaches pave the way to co-creation activities that are essential for achieving sustainability in food systems. Recent studies have started to deepen what are the critical enablers for creating thriving entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems. Networks that include firms, institutions, and several other relevant stakeholders in knowledge spillovers enable to produce more social and economic value through co-creation processes. However, due to the unique complexity within ecosystems, there is no standardized framework or strategy to develop entrepreneurial or innovation ecos…
A comparative study of mobile messaging services acceptance to participate in television programmes
2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse key drivers of consumer acceptance of short messaging services (SMS) to participate in TV programmes.Design/methodology/approachThe technology acceptance model (TAM) and the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) have been integrated for the determinants of the acceptance of mobile data services incorporating variables regarding consumer‐media interaction (perceived value and affinity). The model has been tested using structural equation modelling.FindingsPerceived value, attitude and affinity towards television (TV) programmes determine SMS acceptance to participate in TV programmes in Spain. In contrast, subjective norm, perceived value and attitu…
Dimensiones ético-políticas del concepto 'pathos de la distancia' en la filosofía de Nietzsche
2019
En el presente artículo me propongo elucidar el significado del concepto 'pathos de la distancia' y sus implicaciones ético-políticas, destacando su sentido y coherencia con el conjunto del pensamiento nietzscheano. La tesis fundamental es que el pathos de la distancia, como característica básica del ideal noble, muestra cómo el concepto de preeminencia política en Nietzsche se diluye siempre en una idea de preeminencia anímica. La reflexión se enmarca dentro de la crítica nietzscheana de la cultura, la política y la educación, y su propuesta de reforma de los valores dominantes de la sociedad, entre ellos, los que configuran la subjetividad y la individualidad. Se estudian las diversas dim…
Reward and punishment: investigating cortico-bulbar excitability to disclose the value of goods
2013
A continuing challenge for neuroscientists is to develop new conceptual tools and methodologies for understanding, predicting and modelling the influences of rewarding/punishing outcomes on human behaviour and decision making. Reinforcement shapes behaviours from the most primitive (fight/flight, ingest/regurgitate, approach/avoid) to complex (buy/sell). Understanding the neural processes underlying reinforcement is critical for understanding economic and social decision-making. Moreover, comprehension of deranged processing and responses to reinforcing stimuli is crucial across a range of psychology fields and society as a whole, including psychiatric and neurological illness, eating disor…